03-01-2008, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve Dixon  Under Chapter 12-5, the Church Session is charged with, among other things, "to see that parents do not neglect to present their children for Baptism".
How does it square with 11-2 (Church Courts)  which states, "First, they can make no laws binding the conscience; but may frame symbols of faith, bear testimony against error in doctrine and immorality in practice, within or without the Church, and decide cases of conscience."
Is someone "neglectful"  if he, as a matter of "conscience", willfully refrains from having his infant children Baptized?
How are these portions of the BCO interpreted by the PCA as it relates to the issue of credo-Baptism? How are they applied in the churches?
Do these two parts of the BCO need to reconcile or are they already friends  ?
May the Lord bless you! | These two parts of the BOCO are already friends.
The charge to see that parents not neglect infant baptism is not a charge to bind consciences of members who believe otherwise to a paedobaptist positon, but a charge to teach, admonish, exort and instruct parents about the importance of the biblical view of covenat baptism.
__________________ Sterling Harmon
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